Style: Czech Amber Lager
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.52
Hops
5.8 g/L
Mash pH
5.43
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.053
FG 1.012
IBU 27
ABV 5.3%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Czech Amber Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.37 g/L
Flavour 0.49 g/L
Aroma 1.36 g/L
Whirlpool 0.79 g/L
Common Hops
- 57% Saaz
- 12% Magnum
- 7% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 5% Taurus
- 5% Tettnang
- 4% Perle
- 3% Amarillo
- 3% Citra
- 3% Herkules
- 3% Mosaic
% of Czech Amber Lager recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2024 0 g/L
dated Czech Amber Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 11% Munich Malt
- 11% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 8% German - Melanoidin
- 8% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 8% Vienna Malt
- 7% German - Bohemian Pilsner
- 7% Weyermann - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner
- 6% American - Pilsner
- 6% German - Vienna
- 6% Melanoiden Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 21% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 8% Czech Budejovice Lager (WLP802) White Labs
- 6% Bohemian Lager (M84) Mangrove Jack's
- 6% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 6% Czech Pilsner Lager (2278) Wyeast Labs
- 4% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis
- 4% Urkel (L28) Imperial Yeast
- 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% Bavarian Lager (M76) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% Pilsner Lager (WLP800) White Labs
% of Czech Amber Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 56% Single Infusion
- 44% Step Mash
- 0% Decoction
% of Czech Amber Lager recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 64 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 60 ppm Cl⁻
- 56 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 55 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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